Mop



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entree stares WALTER HARVEY ZACHRY, 01- ATLANTA, GEORGE a.

MOP.

Original application filedOctober 3, 1921, Serial No. 505,048.

Divided and this application filed June 28,

1923. Serial No. 570,760.

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Be it known that l, l i ALrnn l lanvnv Kristina. a citizen of the United States, and. a resident of Atlanta, in the county of l ilton and titate of (leer ia, have invented certain new and useful I iprovements in hlops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mops and is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 505,048 tiled October 3rd 1921.

An important object of this invention is to provide a mop having novel means whereby the same may be held in an adjusted position with relation to the handle so that the operator will not'be annoyed by the free swinging of the head with relation to the handle when moving the mop over the lloor for cleaning purposes.

Further the invention aims to provide a mop having a cleaning element which may be readily and conveniently detached for the purpose of reversing the same or for the purpose of entirely renewing the same.

Also a further object of the invention is to provide a mop which is eilicient, and simple to operate and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the in-- vention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throijighout the same Figure l is a fragmentary perspective of the mop.

igure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the cleaning element.

Figure 3 is a detailed sectional view illustrating the means for connecting the shank of themop head to the handle.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the mop, the view illustrating the means for connecting the head or shank shown in Figure l to the frame of the mop.

In the drawing the frame which is gener ally designated by the numeral 34+. is formed trom spring metal bent intermediate its ends as indii-ated at to provide a pair of slightly diverging sides 36. The sides 36 of the frame 34 have their terminal portions extended laterally to provide arms 37.

It will be observed that a shank 38 is formed at its forward end with an opening to receive the bolt or cross piece 39 extended through the rear portions of the sides 36 he d in position by means of nuts ll). 31ers ll are confined between the for- 38 and the inner and permit the with relation to the same. A. second set of annular washers ill are confined between the sides 06 and split washers ll held on the me. r. or 39 by means of the nuts at). The nuts ll are not made extremely tight on the member 39 but are sufliciently loose to permit the same to be ad justed by hand. Suitable retaining device, 4:5 are extended through the cross piece 39 to hold the nuts ll) in position.

The cleaning element 20 is seaired to the frame by means of snap fasteners consisting of the coacting sections. In applying the cleaning element the same is applied to the outer side of the frame 34!: so as to enclose the frame and thereby prevent the same from scratching or marring woodwork.

The means employed for connecting the shank of the device to the handle 50 consists of a thumb screw 51 extended through a ferrule 52 and having threaded engagement with a nut 53 held within a socket in the handle by means of the ferrule. With reference to Figure it will be noted that the thumb screw 51 is adapted to extent through the forward portion of the handle p -es the shank whereby to detach ably connect the same to the handle.

it. mop conrtrnctwl in accordance with this invention is convenient to use and is securely held in an adjusted position. However. when it desired to change the angle of the frame and cleaning element with relation to the handle it is merely necessary to hold the same and then swing'the handle to the desired angle.

In carrying out the invention a cleaning element may be secured to the mop head by means of bolts and washers or by other suitable means which may be found adapted to the purpose.

Also fibre or bristles or other material fastened together by stitching, gluing or otherwise may be employed in lieu of the specific clean ng element illustrated in the drawing. Further the inventive idea may be involved in a floor sweep as well as a mop.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that the nut ll), the bolt 39 and the washers -il-l and 42 are all located within the plane of the cleaning element 20 so that the bolt, etc.

cannot mar the object being cleaned. This allows the mop to be used more freely and Without the possibility of damaging the furniture.

Having thus described my ini'enticn What I claim is A mop comprising a length of spring metal bent intermediate its ends to define a pair of slightly diverging spring sides, the rear portions of? which are extended outwardly to define branches. said spring sides being formed With aligned openings, be tween their upper and lower edges, a shank having a transverse bolt extending through said sides and the rear surfaces of said branches, said cleaning element being in the plane of said bolt, and Washers and nuts to prevent destructive contact of the last named part w th the objects being cleaned WALTER HARVEY ZACHR Y 

